Table 2.
Details of the PIC patient population by the first critical care unit on hospital admission.
| Critical care unit | CICU | GICU | NICU | PICU | SICU | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patients, no. (%) |
2583 (20.1%) |
2642 (20.5%) |
3137 (24.4%) |
1953 (15.2%) |
2566 (19.9%) |
12881 (100%) |
| Admissions, no. (%) |
2638 (19.6%) |
2725 (20.3%) |
3205 (23.8%) |
2084 (15.5%) |
2797 (20.8%) |
13449 (100%) |
| ICU stay, no. (%) |
2803 (20.1%) |
2788 (20.0%) |
3282 (23.5%) |
2166 (15.5%) |
2902 (20.8%) |
13941 (100%) |
| Age, years, mean (Q1–Q3) |
2.5 (0.5–3.1) |
3.8 (0.4–6.3) |
14.5 days (0.0–18.0) |
3.6 (0.5–5.7) |
3.2 (0.4–4.9) |
2.5 (0.1–3.3) |
| Gender, male, % of unit stays | 1391 (49.6%) | 1712 (61.4%) | 1984 (60.5%) | 1250 (57.7%) | 1680 (57.9%) | 8017 (57.5%) |
| ICU LOS, mean days (Q1–Q3) |
3.9 (0.9–4.0) |
7.3 (0.9–8.9) |
21.6 (2.5–32.8) |
9.7 (2.0–11.1) |
2.3 (0.8–1.6) |
9.3 (0.9–9.2) |
| HLOS, mean days (Q1–Q3) |
16.6 (9.0–19.2) |
12.8 (3.8–16.2) |
27.1 (9.6–37.8) |
14.5 (4.6–16.7) |
14.7 (7.0–18.7) |
17.6 (7.0–21.0) |
| ICU mortality, % |
48 (1.7%) |
414 (14.8%) |
236 (7.2%) |
200 (9.2%) |
57 (2.0%) |
955 (6.9%) |
| Hospital mortality, % |
53 (2.0%) |
417 (15.3%) |
239 (7.5%) |
205 (9.8%) |
57 (2.0%) |
971 (7.2%) |
CICU: cardiac intensive care unit; GICU: general intensive care unit; NICU: neonatal intensive care unit; PICU: paediatric intensive care unit; SICU: surgical intensive care unit; LOS: length of stay.